Aug 03, 2020

Delirium, the clinical expression of acute encephalopathy, is a common neuropsychiatric syndrome that is related to poor outcomes, such as long-term cognitive impairment. Disturbances of functional br...

Aug 03, 2020

This paper aims at examining the clinical characteristics of ischemic stroke patients with different levels of pre-stroke functional dependency, their long-term outcome, and determinants of five-year ...

Aug 03, 2020

To determine the impact of reported beta-lactam allergies on in-hospital mortality and other clinical outcomes in patients who presented with severe sepsis or septic shock.This single-center, retrospe...

Jul 30, 2020

Aim To evaluate the effect of empagliflozin on glycemia and renal filtration function in patients with stable ischemic heart disease (IHD) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) who underwent a percutaneo...

Jul 30, 2020

 Aim      To evaluate the proportion of type 2 myocardial infarction (MI) in the structure of mortality at a multidisciplinary hospital; to describe major causes for MI development, and characte...

Jul 30, 2020

Neonatal early-onset sepsis (EOS) is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Accurate early diagnosis is crucial for prompt treatment and a better clinical outcome. We aimed to identify new biom...

Jul 30, 2020

We aimed to investigate the diagnostic value of microRNA-155 (miR-155) for acute lung injury (ALI)/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in patients with sepsis.In this prospective study, we used...

Jul 30, 2020

Skeletal muscle dysfunction in survivors of pneumonia disproportionately affects older individuals in whom it causes substantial morbidity. We found that skeletal muscle recovery was impaired in old c...

Jul 30, 2020

Developing countries continue to contribute significantly to the global burden of childhood mortality due to infectious diseases. Infections leading to diseases like diarrhoea, pneumonia and meningiti...

Jul 30, 2020

Patients with COVID-19 could present with gastrointestinal symptoms without fever or respiratory manifestations, which could be overlooked by health care providers. We aimed to evaluate the clinical c...

Jul 30, 2020

The burden of cardiovascular disease in women is being increasingly appreciated. Nevertheless, both clinicians and the general public are largely unaware that cardiovascular disease is the leading cau...

Jul 30, 2020

Patients without atrial fibrillation (AF) constitute approximately 75% of patients suffering thromboembolism and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), but evidence supporting risk stratification...

Jul 30, 2020

Aim To study clinical and anamnestic features and tactics of managing patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) in groups with different effectiveness of resuscitation procedures.Materials and me...

Jul 30, 2020

Melioidosis is caused by Gram-negative bacterium . Clinical presentation can vary from pneumonia, sepsis and multi-focal abscess formation. The aim of this study was to systemically review the cardiac...

Jul 30, 2020

While emergent pancreatic resection for trauma has been previously described, no large contemporary investigations into the frequency, indications, and outcomes of emergent pancreatectomy (EP) seconda...

Jul 30, 2020

Use of distal femur replacement implants in advanced bone defects after multiple bone-damaging revision surgery on the knee joint.Advanced femoral bone defects (AORI IIb and III defects) in revision ...

Jul 30, 2020

Sports-related concussion (SRC) is a complex and heterogeneous injury with psychological, cognitive and functional consequences. Advances in diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI) allow sensitive...

Jul 30, 2020

Current clinical guidelines provide a unitary approach to manage sport-related concussion (SRC), while heterogeneity in the presentation of symptoms suggests that subtypes of SRC may exist. We systema...

Jul 30, 2020

Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are a significant health problem, impacting millions of people every year. Although emerging evidence suggests that the composition of the gut microbiome is altered aft...

Jul 30, 2020

Aim      To evaluate trends in beta-blocker prescribing and incidence of possible reasons for beta-blocker administration, including arterial hypertension (AH), atrial fibrillation (AF), ischemic...